{"id":8325,"date":"2026-03-19T05:18:41","date_gmt":"2026-03-19T05:18:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sakura.japanican.com\/?p=8325"},"modified":"2026-03-19T05:18:41","modified_gmt":"2026-03-19T05:18:41","slug":"nicchu-line-weeping-cherry-tree-avenue","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sakura.japanican.com\/en\/hokkaido_n_tohoku\/nicchu-line-weeping-cherry-tree-avenue\/","title":{"rendered":"Nicchu Line Weeping Cherry Tree Avenue"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Today, this 3\u2011kilometer walkway is lined with around <strong>1,000 weeping cherry trees<\/strong>, creating an enchanting tunnel of soft pink blossoms in spring.During full bloom, the branches cascade like a delicate pink curtain descending from the sky\u2014an ethereal sight that draws visitors from across Japan.Around the midpoint of the promenade, a <strong>historic steam locomotive (SL)<\/strong> is on display. The striking contrast between the pale pink cherry blossoms and the powerful black locomotive creates a nostalgic, picture-perfect scene found only here. This unique combination of <i>sakura<\/i> and SL makes it one of Fukushima\u2019s most beloved spring landscapes, captivating visitors year after year.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Today, this 3\u2011kilometer walkway is lined with around 1,000 weeping cherry trees, creating an enchanting tunnel of soft pink blossoms in spring.During full bloom, the branches cascade like a delicate pink curtain descending from the sky\u2014an ethereal sight that draws visitors from across Japan.Around the midpoint of the promenade, a historic steam locomotive (SL) is&#8230;  <a class=\"excerpt-read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/sakura.japanican.com\/en\/hokkaido_n_tohoku\/nicchu-line-weeping-cherry-tree-avenue\/\" title=\"Read Nicchu Line Weeping Cherry Tree Avenue\">Read more &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":27,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[43],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8325","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-hokkaido_n_tohoku"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sakura.japanican.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8325","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sakura.japanican.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sakura.japanican.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sakura.japanican.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/27"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sakura.japanican.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8325"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/sakura.japanican.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8325\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8354,"href":"https:\/\/sakura.japanican.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8325\/revisions\/8354"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sakura.japanican.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8325"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sakura.japanican.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8325"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sakura.japanican.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8325"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}